(August
14) – Over the last year and a half, Pro All Stars Series (PASS) South Super
Late Model front runners Jay Fogleman and Kyle Grissom have been seemingly
inseparable. Fogleman began racing
full-time with PASS in 2009 and has since gone on to win 8 races and claim the
2012 PASS National Championship. Grissom
stormed on to the PASS South scene in 2012 winning, the prestigious Easter
Bunny 150 at Hickory Motor Speedway before going on a Summer tear that saw him
win three races in-a-row en route to the series championship.

Through
eight PASS South races that have been contested so far this year, Fogleman and
Grissom are neck-and-neck with one another again, each scoring five top five’s
and six top 10’s. While Grissom does
have a two-to-one edge in race wins compared to the Durham, NC veteran,
Fogleman holds a 24 point advantage in the standings based mostly on a tough weekend
for both drivers in the last PASS South event at Southern National Motorsports
Park. Grissom finished 23rd
due to an engine problem, while Fogleman fared slightly better, finishing 15th
after being involved in a late race crash.
Despite the intense nature of the competition on the track, Grissom has
enjoyed his new found rivalry.

“If
there was somebody that I was going to have to be around all the time, I would
prefer it to be him,” said Grissom referring to Fogleman. “Honestly, I’ve just tried to watch him and
learn a little bit from him this year.
He’s really got it figured out on how to be there at the end of these
races and knows what pace to run.”

As
the PASS South Super Late Models make their way back to Virginia’s South Boston
Speedway this weekend, much of the focus will again be on Fogleman and Grissom
since the two are again in the midst of a championship battle. For Fogleman, South Boston is one of the
tough Mid-Atlantic bullrings that he cut his racing teeth on back in the 1980’s
and 90’s. And, after driving for three
different teams this year looking for that elusive PASS South championship,
this weekend’s event will again test the veteran’s resolve.

“Kind
of got my hands full with keeping Tate [Fogleman’s son] going and it’s just
been unbelievably busy running from hauler to hauler on race day and then doing
everything else during the week,” said Fogleman. “Just looking forward to going back to South
Boston and running in front of so many people that have helped me in the past
and continue to help me now. It’s close
enough to home that they can come to that race and that makes it special.”

Grissom returns to SoBo as the
defending winner of this event. Prior to
last year’s win, however, South Boston was a track Grissom struggled at during
his Late Model Stock career. With those
challenges now behind him, Grissom will be looking for another win to try and
cut into Fogleman’s advantage.

“You
always have to race really, really hard at South Boston,” said Grissom. “It’s a dogfight every single lap there, so
you’ve just got to have a car that’s under you and I always really look forward
to running at SoBo.”

While the points leaders will be
keeping an eye on one another, they will have another stellar field of
challengers to contend with including Ross Kenseth, the winner at South Boston
back in May. Brandon McReynolds will be
making his PASS South debut Saturday night driving the Coulter Motorsports
#2. Southern National winner Daniel
Hemric returns driving the second Woodman Racing entry as a teammate once again
to Fogleman. Two-time PASS South winner
Austin Theriault will be looking for another win in the Brad Keselowski Racing
entry. Brandon Ward and the New Day
Motorsports’ #62 will be back following their tragic weekend at Southern
National. Championship contending
rookies Spencer Davis and Brandon Lynn hope to continue their strong seasons along
with fellow rookies Tate Fogleman, Karl Weber, Joseph Mursuli, Bobby Gower, Cole
Timm, Jared Irvan, Joe Ryan Osborne. Virginia’s
own Tanner Rumburg and Tim Pinion will be looking to make the home state fans
proud. Veterans John Batten and Bobby
Measmer, Jr. have been strong as of late, but are still looking for their wins
of the year. And, the Godfather
Motorsports entries owned by Dave Moody and driven by Tyler Dippel and Jerrick
Johnson hope South Boston will be where they can turn the season around.

Action
gets underway on Friday at South Boston Speedway with rotating practice for the
PASS South Super Late Models, NASCAR Late Model Stocks and Legends from 10 AM –
4 PM. On Saturday, practice rolls from 2
– 4 PM, qualifying begins at 4:30 PM, followed by the Pit Party at 5:45
PM. Main event racing is slated to begin
at 7:00 PM with a 25 lap feature for the Legends, Twin 75’s for the NASCAR Late
Model Stocks and a $2,000 bounty on Lee Pulliam, and 150 green flag laps for
the PASS South Super Late Models

Entry
lists and schedule for this week’s PASS South events at South Boston Speedway
and the PASS North events at White Mountain Motorsports Park can be found at
ProAllStarsSeries.com.

PASS
South Super Late Model entry forms for South Boston Speedway as well as PASS North
Super Late Model entry forms for White Mountain Motorsports Park can also be
found at ProAllStarsSeries.com.

The
Pro All Stars Series is recognized as North America’s premier sanctioning body
for asphalt Super Late Models and boasts such marquee events as the PASS
Northwest Triple Crown at Wenatchee Valley Super Oval, PASS South’s Easter
Bunny 150 at the historic Hickory Motor Speedway, the Autobus La Qubecoise
Triple Crown at Autodrome Chaudiere, and the legendary TD Bank 250 at Oxford
Plains Speedway. For technical
information concerning all PASS divisions please contact Scott Reed at
207-625-3230 or scottreedpass@yahoo.com. For media or marketing questions, please
contact Alan Dietz at 704-231-2039 or alandietzpass@live.com. Please visit ProAllStarsSeries.com for more
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